Chapter 2
Introducing HP Server Remote Management Card
Event notification.
The HP Server Remote Management Card notifies designated
users when an event occurs that has been specified for notification. Using Remote
Control notification, an administrator's valuable time is freed from constant
surveillance of the server, and server downtime is kept to a minimum. The HP
Server Remote Management Card can send notification via email using the
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), numeric pager, or alphanumeric pager
using the Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol (TAP). An administrator can define
the notification path and enable or disable paging for any event group.
TAP paging allows the HP Server Remote Management Card to send meaningful
text notifications to designated pagers. If your mobile phone service provider
supports the TAP protocol, you can use the HP Server Remote Management Card
to send Short Message Service (SMS) notifications up to 160 characters in length
to your mobile phone.
Diagnostics
Memory diagnostics.
If enabled, this function reads continuously through the
complete memory range at a defined maximum performance impact. Single bit
errors are logged and a session count is calculated.
Last screen before Automatic Server Restart (ASR).
If the Server SNMP
agents software is installed, the HP Server Remote Management Card
automatically captures a snapshot of the server's screen (blue screen on Windows
NT servers) upon an ASR event, preserving error messages or other screen
activity that appeared before restart. An administrator can view the snapshot from
a remote client and use the screen contents to troubleshoot server problems.
Other Features
Automatic server shutdown on voltage or temperature emergencies.
The HP
Server Remote Management Card can be configured to automatically shut down
your server if it detects an over-voltage or over-heating condition.
Remote floppy boot of the server.
For remote reboot, the HP Server Remote
Management Card allows an administrator to specify a boot floppy image file
located on a TFTP server (see Appendix C for details). The HP Server in which
the HP Server Remote Management Card is installed automatically fetches this
boot image after a reset operation and executes the new boot image. Using this
feature, for example, an administrator can remotely update the HP Server's BIOS,
or remotely run server diagnostics.
Remotely upgrade firmware.
The HP Server Remote Management Card
management program code is stored in Flash ROM on the HP Server Remote
Management Card. If it is necessary to upgrade the firmware, a newer revision of
the program code may be downloaded via a TFTP server to the programmable
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